The Ledger Podcast

In this episode of The Ledger Podcast, Jeff Rochet EVP of Consumer Services at Ledger sits down with DaoSasha, Head of BD at 1inch to talk about one of the most critical pain points in crypto: blind signing.

They explain why signing transactions you don’t fully understand is a massive blocker to DeFi mass adoption, and how clear signing on Ledger devices with direct 1inch integration helps fix that.You’ll hear how 1inch evolved from a DEX aggregator to a full DeFi infrastructure brand, why they rebranded around the slogan “Move Forward As One”, and how t...

What happens to crypto when everything on-chain becomes encrypted by default?

In this episode of the Ledger Podcast, host Kyle O’Brien (COS @ Zama) sits down with Rand Hindi (Founder & CEO @ Zama) and Charles Guillemet (CTO @ Ledger) to dive deep into privacy, fully homomorphic encryption (FHE), hardware security, and why institutional adoption is making onchain confidentiality a must-have, not a nice-to-have.

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In this episode of The Ledger Podcast, we dive deep into the emerging frontier of the ownership economy, where consumers become stakeholders, loyalty becomes liquid, and brands are rebuilt from the bottom up.

Our EVP of Ledger Enterprise, Sebastian Badault sat down with Ovie Faruq ,co-founder and CEO of REKT Brands, live from Ledger Op3n at 106 in Paris. From crypto-native companies to the shifting power dynamics of brand building, Ovie unpacks why traditional loyalty is broken, how brand coins reshape the value exchange, and why the next generation of global brands will be built with...

On this special episode of the Ledger Podcast, recorded live at Ledger Op3n in Paris, Head of Brand Development Mo EL-SAYED sits down with two Australian Rugby legends, Matt Giteau and Drew Mitchell (co-hosts of Kick Offs and Kick Ons and our new Australian Ambassadors).

This episode is all about value, risk, and rewriting the rules. Matt and Drew share the story of their game-changing move to France in 2011—a move that fundamentally altered the landscape of Australian rugby and led to the creation of the famous Giteau Law. They discuss how that spirit of ta...

At Ledger Op3n 2025, our CTO Charles Guillemet sat down with Peter McCormack, Matthew Green, and Ian Miers to discuss how the blockchain space is preparing for the possibility of quantum computing. 

Will quantum computing be achieved in our lifetimes? What would it mean for blockchain? And how is the ecosystem working to create solutions?

Listen to find out!

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What does building a championship dynasty have in common with securing your digital assets? It all comes down to defense!

At Ledger Op3n 2025, our EVP of Comms, Ariel Wengroff, sat down with 3x NBA Champion and Spurs legend, Bruce Bowen, for a deep-dive conversation you won't want to miss.

They discuss the game-changing Ledger x Spurs partnership, the importance of that 'never complacent' mindset, and why the right defense is the foundation for success (and protecting your assets!).

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We hosted sports legends Bruce Bowen, Matt Giteau, Drew Mitchell, and health & wellness consultant JoeHolder at Ledger Op3n 2025! 

They chatted with our EVP of Communications Ariel Wengroff about the crossover between sports and security - namely, building resilience.

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We were beyond honoured to be able to collaborate with the legendary graphic designer Susan Kare on the Ledger Nano Gen5 badges. 

Susan joined us in Paris for Ledger Op3n to talk about expression through creativity, her career journey and the process of developing exclusive art for Ledger. 

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What do the iPod, the original Mac icons, and the Ledger Nano Gen5 have in common? Design legends.

We hosted Tony Fadell and Susan Kare at Ledger Op3n 2025 to talk about their "Design of Desire" philosophy, making digital ownership human, and their work on the new Ledger Nano Gen5.

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with Mo El-Sayed, Gene Kogan, and Seth Goldstein

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This week on the latest Ledger Podcast, CTO Charles Guillemet joins CXO Ian Rogers to break down the threats shaking the crypto space, and what they mean for your security.

From the NPM supply chain attack that almost touched billions, to zero-day browser exploits, to why hardware wallets with secure screens remain the ultimate line of defense — Charles lays out today’s reality.

In this episode:

🛡️ How a single phishing email almost triggered a global supply chain disaster.

💸 Why off-the-shelf malware is fueling million-dollar crypto thefts.

🔐 Why verifying t...

Staking is moving from crypto-native to boardroom essential.

On this episode of The Ledger Podcast, Ariel Wengroff (EVP, Marketing & Comms, Ledger) hosts Sebastien Badault (VP of Ledger Enterprise) and Max Mercek (Vice President of Global Business Development at Luganodes) to unpack how institutions stake without giving up custody—and why that matters for treasury teams.

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We were proud to host Anne Bouverot, France’s Special Envoy for AI, for a conversation with Pascal Gauthier (CEO, Ledger) and Charles Guillemet (CTO, Ledger).

Anne has long been at the crossroads of Europe’s biggest technological shifts - telecom, internet, crypto, and now AI. In this episode, we explore how AI, blockchain, and quantum computing are not separate revolutions, but deeply connected forces shaping our digital future.

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Join us for an insightful episode of The Ledger Podcast as host Mo El-Sayed sits down with Armani Ferrante, founder and CEO of Backpack, the innovative team behind the Backpack Wallet, Backpack Exchange, and the Mad Lad's NFT collection. 

Armani shares his fascinating journey from working at Apple to navigating the collapse of FTX, and how he has continually pushed the boundaries of crypto infrastructure. 

Whether you're a seasoned crypto enthusiast or just curious about the space, this conversation offers valuable perspectives on resilience, innovation, and the evolving landscape of digital finance. Tune in...

This episode was recorded in French. To watch with English subtitles, visit Ledger's YouTube page here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfWC79WmJIs

Join us in this insightful podcast episode as we delve into the dynamic world of Ledger, a global leader in digital asset security. Discover how Ledger's HR strategies are redefining workplace culture by harmonizing remote work with in-office collaboration. Alexandre Blanc, Ledger's Global VP, People, shares the company's journey in creating a vibrant and engaging work environment that fosters innovation, diversity, and employee well-being. Learn about the unique features of Ledger's Paris...

Join Sergej Kunzm co-founder of 1inch, Carl Anderson, VP Engineering at Ledger, and Mo El-Sayed, Head of Brand Development at Ledger for a dynamic discussion on decentralized exchanges, Paris Blockchain Week, and the adoption of DeFi. 

Bringing DeFi to the mainstream has proved challenging at times. How has 1inch worked to overcome these challenges, and what effect have they had on the DeFi ecosystem? 

Ledger has played a role in shifting crypto culture via secure features like Clear Signing - how have these features impacted the crypto space, and how can they be va...

NOTE: The following conversation takes place in French between Ledger CEO Pascal Gauthier, business mogul Maurice Lévy, and Ledger Exec VP, Enterprise Revenue Sebastien Badault

Join Ledger CEO Pascal Gauthier and business mogul Maurice Lévy, along with Ledger's Sebastien Badault, in an insightful podcast as they delve into the secrets of their success. Discover what drives these industry leaders to continually innovate and surpass themselves. From redefining global business strategies to navigating the complexities of entrepreneurship, this conversation offers valuable lessons for aspiring entrepreneurs. Learn how French entrepreneurs are making their mark on the wo...

Join Ian Rogers on this episode of the Ledger Podcast as he dives deep into the groundbreaking integration of the Sui blockchain suite into Ledger Live. Discover how this seamless integration empowers users to send, receive, buy, swap, stake, and sign transactions with unparalleled security and ease. Ian is joined by Kostas Chalkias, co-founder and chief cryptographer of Mysten Labs, the innovative minds behind Sui. Recording from Ledger's headquarters in Paris, Ian and Kostas discuss the origins of Sui, its unique features, and the future of blockchain technology. Learn about the importance of developer-friendly environments, the role of cryptographic...

Join Rug Radio’s Farokh Sarmad and OnChainMonkey creator Danny Yang as they dive into the vibrant world of Bitcoin art and blockchain technology in this episode of The Ledger Podcast. Danny shares his insights on the evolution of art on Bitcoin, the impact of Ordinals and Runes, and the future of cryptocurrency. Recorded live from Paris, this episode captures the energy and innovation of the Bitcoin ecosystem, featuring discussions on the latest trends, influential figures, and the groundbreaking work of OnChainMonkey. 

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The future of tech isn’t being written elsewhere — it’s being built here.

In this special episode of the Ledger Podcast, Minister Delegate for AI and Digital Affairs Clara Chappaz joins our CEO Pascal Gauthier to unpack the big questions shaping Europe’s digital future.

How can Europe lead in crypto and cybersecurity? What’s at stake for our sovereignty? What role do entrepreneurs play in driving innovation?

Tune in and be part of the conversation.

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In this episode of The Ledger Podcast, Rug Radio's Farokh Sarmad, Ledger's Mo El-Sayed, and Refraction's Malcolm Levy dive into the vibrant intersection of on-chain culture and broader cultural movements during NFT Paris 2025. They discuss the exciting events and installations happening at Ledger, including generative art and electronic music experiences. Malcolm also shares insights on Refraction's global tour and their innovative IRL token for events and experiences, exploring how both Ledger and Refraction are pushing the boundaries of art, culture, and technology.

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Ledger has defined self-custody for millions of individual crypto users. But who secures the corporate Bitcoin custodians? Increasingly it's Ledger, too, via Ledger Enterprise. Ian Rogers is joined by Executive VP of Enterprise Revenue Sebastien Badault to talk about the growth of the business and how institutions are increasingly adopting true blockchain security.

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Today on The Ledger Podcast, Carl Anderson, Ledger's VP of Engineering is in the studio with us!

This episode was recorded during Developers Day, one of the two days of events celebrating the opening of Ledger's brand new 106 HQ. This historic building is set to become a vibrant hub for innovation and collaboration. Carl is leading the charge in developing technology that empowers third-party developers to build with Ledger, enhancing security and user experience.

In this episode, we explore how Ledger is shaping a more secure and convenient ecosystem for digital assets and...

Coinciding with Ledger's 10-year anniversary, the company opened a new headquarters at 106 Temple in the heart of Paris.

Go inside the beautiful new space with Ledger's Global Real Estate & Workplace Director Réda Nafaa and VP, Global Communications Ariel Wengroff to talk about what the building symbolizes and how they plan to make it a hub for innovation in Europe.

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2024 was a pivotal year in crypto. Bitcoin hit $100K. Elections around the world put the industry back in the spotlight and set up for what could be an even bigger year in 2025.

What did our panel get right and wrong about the year that was? And what happens next? What will the regulatory environment look like and will nation-states start real movement toward building strategic Bitcoin reserves?

Ledger's Ian Rogers, Seth Herlein, and Charles Guillemet look back at 2024 and make bold predictions about 2025 in this episode of The Ledger Podcast.

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Welcome to the Ledger Podcast! On today's episode, we welcome Isma Tazi and Erick Calderon to the studio. 

Isma is the founder of Trame, a curated gallery that offers exclusive limited-edition design pieces and artworks, all with digital provenance. It's an amazing fusion of craft and generative art.

Erick (aka Snowfro) is the man behind Art Blocks, the platform that's redefined the art world with its unique generative art drops.  

Ledger worked with Trame to create the Cryptopunks Gallery at Art Block's Marfa event this year, showcasing how our latest dev...

Solana Foundation President Lily Liu joins The Ledger Podcast as she becomes a member of the Ledger board. With the memecoin market gaining steam, she and Ledger VP of Global Communications Ariel Wengroff discuss Solana's future as it relates to Bitcoin's market positioning, as well as Ledger's central role in the future of crypto as a whole.

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Can computer code be art? Can art be computer code? Erick Calderon and his platform, Art Blocks, launched Generative Art into the mainstream. With Marfa Weekend 2024 having just taken place in Texas, enjoy his conversation with Ledger's Ian Rogers to talk about his ride from ingraining himself in communities to seeing the larger acceptance of the art form. 

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Ledger CTO Charles Guillemet joins host Mo El-Sayed for a conversation about the evolution of digitals threats and how Ledger's hardware offerings protect not just your crypto holdings, but your entire digital identity.

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Welcome to the Ledger podcast - revamped and revived for our 10 year anniversary!

Recorded in our brand new podcast studio at 106 Temple in Paris, the Ledger podcast will be bringing you in-depth conversations with industry leaders, artists, partners and more.

To kick things off, our Head of Brand Development Mo El-Sayed sat down with our CEO Pascal Gauthier and CXO Ian Rogers to catch up with the latest at Ledger.

"The only thing that bridges the gap between the digital and physical world is your Ledger...the only way to...

At Ledger, our mission is to make digital ownership easy to use without ever compromising on security or self custody.Ledger is secure by design: we continuously strive to implement the most secure solutions at every stage, as endorsed by security experts.With that in mind, listen to our CXO Ian Rogers and our CTO Charles Guillemet to understand more about our approach to open source in this podcast.

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Last week, a new vulnerability was discovered in Apple’s M1 chips. This unpatchable vulnerability makes it more clear than ever that using your phone or computer to secure your private keys may be convenient, but it comes at the cost of security.Our CTO Charles Guillemet has spent his whole career studying cryptography, and he knows these types of attacks well. He sat down with our CXO Ian Rogers to discuss what this new vulnerability is, how it works, and why hardware wallets are the best way to keep your assets secure.

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Welcome to the first On the Ledger episode of 2024!2023 was a year of challenge and adjustments for the crypto community, but as we step into 2024, a glimmer of hope is emerging. The market is showing signs of recovery, builders are re-energized, and regulatory clarity is paving the way for even greater innovation. And amidst this renewed optimism, one ecosystem stands out – Solana.A few days ago at Davos, Ledger’s Chairman and CEO, Pascal Gauthier, got to spend time with an old friend and fellow leader in the ecosystem, Lily Liu, President of the Solana Foundation, to discuss the exciting develo...

Ledger Enterprise is Ledger’s best kept secret before 2022. In the post-FTX world of crypto, regulation, transparency, responsible-governance and speed are becoming increasingly important for institutional clients.

This is why Ledger Enterprise built the TradeLink product for Asset Managers, Custodians and Exchanges allowing institutional clients to execute trades instantly without compromising the custodies of the assets under management.

Today, our CXO Ian catches up with our VP Revenue at Ledger Enterprise Seb to talk about Tradelink and its benefits for the industry.

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Under newly proposed U.S. Treasury rules, potentially effective 2025, people providing certain DeFi websites, NFT marketplaces, crypto wallets, or other services “facilitating” crypto sales would have to make a decision: centralize, shut down, or block all U.S. users (and possibly VPNs).

Under this backdrop, we invited policy leads from Block, Metamask and Blockchain Association to talk about their experience with the now delayed regulation and the implications for self-custody.

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The Ledgerplex is now live in the Sandbox game. This is a sequel to our award-winning School of Block in the Sandbox game in Alpha Season 3, where players can learn crypto security knowledge via completing quests in game.

We voxelized Ledger’s Verizon Factory in the Sandbox and created an experience to allow more people to be able to learn crypto security through a gaming experience. Tune in to find out how the original School of Block originated and how the Swipeback team and Ledger worked together to bring the experience to life.

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We’re excited to launch Ledger Recover, provided by Coincover, that aims to lower the barrier of entry to self-custody by allowing our users to creating a secure backup for their Secret Recovery Phrase ready whenever you need it, so they can stop worrying about getting locked out of their own wallet.

But what’s the origin story of Ledger Recover, what are the design principles and more importantly, who did we build Ledger Recover for? Check out this episode of On The Ledger podcast with our CEO Pascal Gauthier, CXO Ian Rogers, our CTO Charles Guillemet and...

Our CTO, Charles Guillemet, has just returned from Bitcoin Amsterdam, where he gave a fascinating keynote on the topic of Bitcoin governance. With the rising interest of institutions in Bitcoin, managing their access to the so-called digital gold is gaining paramount importance. In this new episode of On The Ledger, we have Charles with us to share his insights from the event and we’ll pick his brilliant brain on the topic of Bitcoin institutional custody and governance.

After Charles, we're excited to welcome Mike Schmidt from Brink.dev. He'll shed light on the world of Bitcoin De...

Priyanka Desai, the founding member of Flamingo DAO, has an interesting story about how it all began. She's now the Chief Operating Officer at Tribute Labs, a company that supports DAO communities through open-source framworks built on Ethereum. She talks about how these DAOs are doing and what she thinks about the market. She also shares her thoughts on what might happen next in the Web3 space. Priyanka's journey shows us how new technologies like blockchain and decentralized organizations can change the world, and her ideas about the future can give us a sense of where things are heading.

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Benjamin Palmer, the visionary Co-Founder and CEO of The New Computer Corporation, is a prominent figure in Los Angeles, renowned for pioneering digital innovation. With a remarkable career spanning diverse domains, he leads the charge at a Web3 product studio, The New Computer Corporation, while also contributing as an Executive Producer Council member at UCLA's Center for the Art of Performance. Join us for the 9th episode of our FWB x Ledger collaboration as we talk with Ben about his journey through digital marketing and into the world of Web3, building creative experiences in Web3, how the 'attention economy' will...

Brian Mark is the COO at Rumfoords Creative Agency. Before this current gig, he has been at the forefront of a bunch of projects in the crypto space at companies like Adidas, FWB, Rally, and Dapper Labs. We talk about cult brands, that ultimately brought him out of bike shops, to Chrome Industries, and eventually to Adidas. We talk about how brands are thinking through web3 strategy and touch on “opt-in identity”. We discuss the shift in focus from short term return to long term membership value of Web3 tech. He also talks through focused, premium small mint projects as a wa...

On this episode of FWB X On the ledger, we had the pleasure of talking to Charli Cohen, the founder and CEO of RSTLSS. If you are curious about the intersection of Web3, digital fashion, and video games, this is an episode for you! Charli tells us about her journey, including sailing from the UK to New Zealand, starting a fashion brand at the age of 15, becoming a fitness influencer and then launching a career in the digital fashion space. She talks about breaking in to the video game space and how to build narrative using game skins. We discussed...

In this episode of FWB’s crossover with On the Ledger, we talk to Dani Loftus, the CEO and founder of Draup and a true pioneer in the world of digital fashion. We talk about revolutions and behavioral change, the emergence of fashion in the digital identity space, and the emergence of digital fashion in the gaming space before the NFT boom. She talks about the challenge in merging disparate communities of fashion and gaming. We discuss fashion as identity and how that spans the physical and digital realms, differentiating between collectors and consumers, and how digital art and digital fa...

Brice Partouche is the founder, creative director and CEO of Satisfy Running, a clothing brand that makes thoughtfully designed and functional clothing for active people such as runners and rock climbers.

Brice's approach to brand building stems from his roots in skateboarding and punk rock, but is applicable to anyone building a brand in the age of the internet. Anyone building a brand will identify with or be inspired by his approach of self-expression, patience, and audience.

Also, Satisfy has made some early and interesting forays into marrying Web3 with their physical products...

Anna Bulbrook is a violinist (projects from Airborne Toxic Event, to Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, to Beyoncé’s Lemonade) the founder of Gxrlschool, and the co-founder of Metalabel. She joined us from her tree-house in LA. We talk about Kanye West epiphanies. We talk about foraying discipline and practice into the rest of her projects and making impossible things possible. We talk about the parallels between start ups and bands.

We talk about curation by trusted sources, and how that relates to Anna’s new gig as a curator at Ted. We discuss Metalabel and the a...

In this conversation with Mel, one of the leading experts in tokenomoics, we covered a lot of ground. When we say tokenomics, what do we mean? Where does that begin and where does that end? We discuss building web3 brands from the ground up and building web3 strategy for established brands. We discuss the importance of understanding culture, sub cultures, and how people interact when thinking about brands and problem solving. We discuss which brands are “ready” to be leaders in the Web3 space. We discuss “on-chain memory” and how that could change marketing and audience targeting. We also discuss...

On the second episode of our series in collaboration with FWB, Ian and Zoe talk to Sarah Drinkwater. She just launched an early stage VC fund in the UK called Common Magic where she invests in companies with community at their core. In this conversation they talk about the philosophy behind a community driven investment thesis, the ebb and flow of communities in the DAO space, and the culture that drives it all. They also get into what it means to do a graduate degree in magic, a shift from hierarchical company structures to collective structures, and progressive decentralization...

In this first episode in a series of conversations with Ledger and Friends With Benefits, we talk to the Mayor of FWB Alex Zhang about building DAOs and community business in general. We talk about the desires of communities to diverge over time and the desires of companies to make money and how to balance those two things from a perspective of community incentives and ownership. We talk about how to keep community cool, when nothing can stay cool forever, and how to put structures in place to keep companies cool through different cycles.

FWB is...

In a world where your wallet becomes an essential pillar of your on-chain identity, Ethereum Naming Services, mostly known as ENS, is more than just an address – it's a social identifier. And the market has caught up with this idea, with some ENS names selling for astonishing valuations in recent Years Austria 2023 Ledger, we knew this was one thing missing on Ledger Live. There was no way to use ENS when sending digital assets on Ethereum. Now, there is. For those of you who aren't familiar with it, ENS is a decentralized naming service that replaces long, complicated blockchain addresses wi...

A couple of weeks ago, Trust Wallet and Ledger shared some public news on an exploit that we spotted and fixed months ago. It’s a vulnerability the Ledger Donjon luckily found only 3 days after the release of a Trust Wallet software solution. The security experts at Ledger's Donjon reported the vulnerability to the Trust Wallet team so that it got fixed, and so that users’ funds remained safe. It ’s also a vulnerability that demonstrates how the Ledger Donjon works: its researchers do not just work on Ledger products, but on other companies' products as well, to make the en...

Former football player and now renowned businessman and investor in Web3, Cordell Broadus aka Champ Medici has been leading his father, Snoop Dogg’s NFT venture and is now our newest Ledger Pro Team member. We took advantage of his presence at the latest Paris Blockchain Week to get him to stop by our offices for a half-an-hour chat with our very own VP Communications Ariel Wengroff.

Sharing his perspective on why he became interested in blockchain technology and the NFT space, on why he likes ADA so much and how he ended up in Charles Hoskinson’s he...

Welcome to SZN 2 of the LEDGER Pro

Team!

Join Ledger's CXO Ian Rogers and Gmoney, a renowned cultural thought leader and part of Ledger's esteemed Pro Team, as they discuss the future of value and digital assets. money brings deep expertise in companies and brands at the intersection of digital assets and fashion, with 15+ years of experience in the traditional finance sector as an investor.

He is widely recognised for his iconic orange beanie CryptoPunk and is listed in Fortune's NFTy 50 and Vogue's "Business

100 Innovators" List.

During the interview...

If you think about it, the internet has decentralized how culture is formed, anyone with a phone could create art or tell a story and reach millions of people around the world with a click of a button. Web3 enhances that even further, with blockchain technology not only can artists share their creations they can now own and monetize them as well as build and tokenize communities around their art. A true shift in paradigm. 

And there’s only very few artists out there who are able to capture Web3’s cultural zeitgeist. Today we’re excited to have...

Tim Draper is a man who needs no introduction in crypto. But still: he is a venture capitalist, who investing in a lot of the early Internet companies tech startups, running Draper associates, once host the Meet the Drapers show

He is also a man who foresaw the success of a lot of upcoming start-ups and thought Bitcoin was “bigger than anything he saw before.” A man who thinks that more banks will fail, that you should not wait for the next crash to get yourself into BTC, and that “the safest place to store value is Bitcoi...

The staking industry is expected to be worth $40B by 2025. With such potential, there’s no shortage of staking solutions currently available on the market.

But one critical question arises - how can you stake securely?

The answer is simple: retaining full ownership of your keys. That’s why Ledger partnered with KILN to offer its users the ability to stake ETH directly in Ledger Live from within the security of their Ledger devices, and to offer the perfect ETH staking solution for businesses.

But what changes will the Shanghai Upgrade bring?

In...

How was ArtBlocks founded? Who are the first generative artists who started out there? What did the Auto Glyphs project change for them?

During NFT Paris, in a room full of some of the best generative artists in the world, we recorded this one hour conversation between Ledger VP of Comms Ariel Wengroff and prominent figures in the ArtBlocks community (with Erick Calderon a.k.a. Snowfro, Sofia Garcia from ArtXCode, Glenn a.k.a. BlockBird, Matt a.k.a. Balon_art and Jeremy a.k.a. DeFiStaker), to discuss everything about generative art, from the moment...

2022 was a big moment for Ethereum, the long awaited MERGE event ended up finally taking place on September 15th, shifting Ethereum from Proof-of-Work to Proof-of-Stake consensus and significantly reducing its energy consumption along the way, a massive step towards Ethereum 2.0.  

But there’s still somewhat of a long road of Ethereum updates ahead, including the Surge, the Verge, the Purge and the Splurge, sounds like a 90s rap song but it isn’t, this what it’s going to take for Ethereum to scale and be mass adoption ready. 

On this new episode of On The Ledg...

How can attention drive value? How to connect the attention economy to the web3 economy?

In a world of abundance, our time and focus is probably one of the last items you cannot… scale. Of course, we can publish work, be easy to find, and generate thousands of impressions in seconds. But when do people actually care? When do you care?

NFTs have driven a LOT of attention. Whether you might think it’s for good or bad reasons- they just have. Either it’s because they are scarce, or because they have a purpose, becaus...

The more value you have, the more malicious actors will try to get it. You already know that if you own more than a couple of small bags of crypto. But imagine you’re a company or an organization trying to manage their digital assets at scale.

This question arose a couple of years ago. Family offices, hedge funds, custodians, exchanges… They had no idea how to secure their assets (or they would do it from a Ledger Nano S). And even less how to manage them at scale. They needed enterprise-grade security with the right governance laye...

The crypto phenomenon is just one symptom among many: we are shifting from a mass market to an era of niches.

But then, what is a niche exactly? Where does a community start?

In this age of modern loneliness, is swiping the new sign of being part of a community?

What do regressive conspiracy movements tell us about a new sense of belonging?

With the hyper financialization of our everyday lives, should we demonize new technologies and speculation?

In a fascinating discussion with our Chief Experience Officer Ian Rogers...

This year has seen the emergence of a variety of AI products showing us a glimpse of the exponential age. But one other innovation has the potential to completely change our world - Quantum computing. Quantum computers are very different from the classical computers that have been around for more than half a century. They harness the power of quantum mechanics to sift through huge numbers of possibilities and extract solutions to problems that might have otherwise been impossible to solve.But then, if quantum computing can break crypto-encryption, what will happen to blockchain technology? Is there a chance...

OBJKT is a marketplace that truly feels like a community – with 20,000 monthly active users and 6 millions tokens available, artists are also collectors, and, quite often, the other way around.

It's a place that is 100% organic, that feels like the indie-rock scene in the overall NFT ecosystem.

How can we build it so it becomes “bigger than we could ever imagine”? How can we make it well-known without giving even two cents to marketing? How can we ensure it remains accessible for everyone?

As OBJKT is now integrated on the Discover section of our Ledger...

On the Ledger today, we are glad to receive a man who has changed the content creation industry. Yancey Strickler is one of the crowdfunding pioneers who co-founded Kickstarter 17 years ago, who now turned into a NFT degen in the last months and founded Metalabel, a release club where groups of people who share the same interests collaborate to drop and support work together.

In an one-on-one discussion with our Chief Experience Officer, he discusses inventing the coolest magazine of tomorrow, how on-chain art is and will be changing the music industry and the life of creators...

When you are a creator, how do you shake up the cobwebs and keep taking creative risks?

This is the question our guest for this episode asked himself after becoming a successful angel investor in tech, publishing a long list of best-sellers (check his 4-Hour series) and a podcaster came to ask himself recently. 

His answer was: deep diving into web3, and creating “an emergent long fiction project” in the form of an NFT project: CockPunch. And you should be aware that this one is not for flippers.

Listen to this one and one c...

Curious about our new device, Ledger Stax?

Want to know how we first thought of this new generation of hardware wallets, and what it took to bring it to life?

Then listen to this discussion between our Chief Experience Officer Ian Rogers and Tony Fadell.

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How to understand the crypto ecosystem after the falls of FTX, Celsius and more? Where and how to educate yourself in an ever-changing crypto space? Looking back at 2022, it is fair to say that this will probably be a year that’ll forever be remembered in Web3. It had its ups and major downs but all in all we can see the future of this industry being built before our eyes day by day by passionate creators, entrepreneurs and educators.

In this new episode of On the Ledger, Mo El-Sayed, head of Community and Education at Ledger, le...

After starting out in jewelry, Yoon co-founded Ambush with Verbal. She's behind some of the brand's most successful collabs over the past few years with Off-White, Louis Vuitton, Nike, Starbucks and… Reese’s. And, guess what - she's also big in crypto.

Our VP of Communications Ariel Wengroff took advantage of her presence at our bi-yearly event Ledger Op3n to sit with her and discuss how she fell in love with Web3, as well as the need for less “toxic positivity” and more honest criticism in the ecosystem, how the Paris of crypto differs from the Paris of...

Curious about our new device, Ledger Stax?

Want to know how we first thought of this new generation of hardware wallets, and what it took to bring it to life?

Then listen to this discussion between our Chief Experience Officer Ian Rogers and our Chief Technology Officer Charles Guillemet.

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Curious about our new device, Ledger Stax?

Want to know how we first thought of this new generation of hardware wallets, and what it took to bring it to life?

Then listen to this discussion between our Chief Experience Officer Ian Rogers and our VP of Communications Ariel Wengroff.

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Want to know how our brand new device, Ledger Stax, was brought to the world? Listen to our CEO Pascal Gauthier explain its origins, conception and evolution, from day 1 to this very moment.

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In the last episode before we hit Ledger Op3n, we are very pleased to meet with a serial Web entrepreneur and early stage investor in companies such as Twitter, Facebook & Square to name a few. Today he’s considered to be one of the leading voices in Web3, Co-founder and CEO of Proof and a partner at True Ventures, you might’ve guessed it already, this time we have Kevin Rose on the show, in discussion with a man you surely know by now, Ian Rogers, Ledger’s Chief Experience officer. 

In less than an hour, they wi...

Our guest today has a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Stanford, founded and sold a genomics company, became an early investor in crypto and then CTO of Coinbase, then a best-selling author with his recently published The Network State. Also, he thinks that blockchain (or, to be more accurate, that cryptographically verifiable information) is the most important human invention since the invention of written history. 

On this new episode of On the Ledger, we are thrilled to have one of the most fascinating minds of our times: Balaji Srinivasan. In a slightly longer episode than the usual, i...

At Ledger, we deeply care about Web3 security and the values of self sovereignty, so much talent is working day in, day out on developing the best in class security solutions for your digital assets. And the truth is: we haven’t really been talking that much about security here. But that is about to change… 

Every month, we’ll take you with us behind the scenes at Ledger, to discuss the most recent developments, dive into the latest scams and hacks and answer your questions to provide you with everything you need to safely navigate this space. ...

This week, you'll hear a very different episode of On the Ledger. This week, we are not interviewing anyone. This week, Ledger is being interviewed... by the multifaceted legendary musician, Linkin Park hero, and now NFT aficionado (make sure to check his Ziggurats collection) Mike Shinoda.

For the first time, Ian Rogers, Ledger's Chief Experience Officer, answers all the questions Mike and his amazing Discord community have about crypto, web3 and more.

What is clear-signing? What does one get out of their NFTs? How to get started in Web3 without getting broke?

From f...

Scale is a problem we all have to deal with. Especially the scale of the data we will consume in the next years. In 2021, the internet consumed 79 zettabytes, that’s the equivalent of 79 B laptops with 1TB storage capacity each. Thing is, despite this data being ours, we actually don’t own it, internet companies do and they absorb it and sell it back to us in the form of advertising, which is quite profitable. Blockchain and decentralized storage technologies offer an alternative to that system, one in which you & I can truly own and monetize our data without a mi...

It’s a moment that’s never happened before in the crypto space. A long-awaited, often delayed one. But what does the Merge truly mean? Is the Merge a real technological shift, or just a change of narrative? What’s the point of switching from Proof of Work to Proof of Stake?

As the Merge is on the verge of being completed, Charles Guillemet (CTO @ Ledger), Nicolas Bacca (Ledger Cofounder & VP of Innovation) and Abdel Bakhta (Tech Lead @ StarkNet) share their thoughts on this very special moment, how shards compete with ZK Roll-ups, what it all means for th...

From selling punk-rock mixtapes to invading the web3 world, Brick is not your everyday NFT. It’s a project that’s truly born out of culture with music, live shows and fashion being at its core. 

After touring with Trash Talk for more than 10 years, LA based musicians Lee Spielman and Garrett Stevenson drew inspiration from legendary DIY venues of the past to conceive of Brick with the great help of art advisor Aiden Cullen. Brick will be a music venue by night and a community-run creative space by day, exploring how to make an NFT-based democracy work...

Although generative art existed way before Blockchain technology, last year has seen NFTs enable groundbreaking artists and their innovative expressions to gain access to whole new audience groups and monetisation mechanics, beyond the conventional boundaries of the art world. A symbiotic experience between artist, code and collectors.

One cannot talk about generative art without mentioning Art Blocks. Art Blocks is leading a new generation of art through its platform. The project created by Erick Calderon aka Snowfro in early 2021 has generated 100s of millions of dollars and gave birth to collections that you probably already know such...

If you’ve been following the news, you probably know that we’ve announced the launch of the LedgerVerse on The Sandbox with the purpose of educating communities about Web3 security in a more engaging and culturally relevant way, starting with a first experience called School of Block, where players fight off hackers and scammers to win exclusive NFT rewards.

But what’s that all about? Why’s Ledger partnering with The Sandbox , kickstarting a true web3 romance? Why is the Sandbox from other, sometimes more famous, metaverses? And can it be a driver for Web3 adoption? Big ques...

This is an episode that some of you have long been waiting for. Today is the day we answer one of the key questions in crypto. Not the “who is Satoshi?” question. The “Wen Ada on Ledger” question. If this is what you’ve been asking yourself, listen on because we’ve got the answer.

For its first year anniversary, On The Ledger is thrilled to meet with the mathematician slash entrepreneur slash farmer, Ethereum Cofounder and brain behind Cardano: Charles Hoskinson. With Fabrice Dautriat, our head of platform, they discuss the ADA support finally happening on Ledger Live...

Relationships between web3 and the press have always been quite complex. Like between two people having a hard time understanding each other. And then came Time Magazine. Within a year and thanks to its already famous TimePieces nfts, Time has become a key player of Web3 space and its adoption. A living proof that old media can evolve.

So today, we are really happy to be talking to someone who has got all in into NFTs - but also got the entire Time group to jump into web3 (and got many “are you crazy ?” kind of questions for...

Deadfellaz is one of the most exciting NFT projects out there. So exciting that their founders are now represented by the Hollywood top-notch agents from UTA, to oversee the present and future of their 10,000 “undead” NFTs (among whom Elijah Wood and the rapper Lil Baby).

Meeting her the day after she undoxxed herself, we are stoked to be chatting with Betty, who’s the co-founder and horde mother of Deadfellaz. In an intense, Veecon-surrounded conversation (sorry for the background noise, Gary Vee just pumped up the volume), 30 minutes conversation, discover how the pandemic led her and Psych to NFT...

From farm acres to crypto. Launched in 2021, 10T was the first major fund to invest in digital assets companies (including Ledger, of course). Since then, it has taken part on such projects as Yuga Labs or Ledger, led by the genius

What is a macro-investor and why a good macro-investor is a... story-investor, why he bought the 2018 dip and why 10T stands for a 10 trillions market cap - why it’s a bad habit to think of how to exit a company even before you enter it... (13’20, ça peut être la quote)

A short, brilliant glimps...

On The Ledger, we have often met with people who got started in crypto or NFTs and thrived from there. But what about people who’re massively successful in their career and THEN turn to Web3? What does this new space bring to their business?

Our guest today did just that. After an early career in finance, she became an icon by founding Boss Beauty with her two sisters. Both a successful entrepreneur and influencer, Huda Kattan is now followed by more than 50 million people - on Instagram only. 50 million people who recently discovered her passion for NF...

How to build a software business tailor made for the new NFT ecosystem from... a simple Google (r) form?

Our guest Brenden Mulligan invented a way for the NFT creators to choose the way their art is distributed, starting by making sure purchasers are real humans and not just scripts, leading to a project enhancing digital sovereignty for artists but that can also be used as a powerful market analysis tool... which has now reached more than 3 million registrations.

How to make sure you sell your new project out (without causing a gas war), why...

Imagine that you’re in a space where you can create and be rewarded for that. Where you can build a community, and be rewarded for that.

Social media and Web2 have democratized access to community building at scale. And now Web3 and digital assets are supercharging that with the ability to align the financial incentives of each participant. It’s like a facebook group with a shared bank account! The possibilities are endless.

So, today we meet with someone who explore them all. Someone who is only 27 but already “sounds old” as he has done so...

Composability is a major component of web3, where creators can combine different components together into larger structures. A bit like Legos, but with crypto, finance, or... art. With NFTs, artists can indeed unleash their creativity and merge different disciplines together to provide their communities with unique experiences.

This is exactly what our guest today does. After 20 years in the music industry, Jeff Nicholas is now the creative director of WarpSound, and leads WVRPS - a new NFT project that can be described as hybrid of generative PFP art, AI-composed music minted on the Ethereum blockchain.

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Staking. This is a word that might sound scary, even if you’re crypto-advanced, either because it is too complex or inaccessible. How much crypto do I need? What is a delegator? How to choose a node? What are the risks, and how to prevent them? This is where Figment comes in. Figment is a blockchain infrastructure and services provider that makes it simple for token holders and enterprises to participate in Proof of Stake. And the good news is - Ledger users will now be able to access Figment’s services directly from within the security of the Ledger ecos...

This is one of those special days On The Ledger. We often hear about crypto moon shots and their stories but it’s not everyday that we get the chance to chat with their creators and learn how they do it. But today we’ve got two of them, so fasten your seatbelts and get ready to pick their brains… Today, as the FTX x Ledger partnership is about to become a reality, we are thrilled to speak with the CEO of FTX and crypto icon, Sam Bankman-Fried, and with Pascal Gauthier, Ledger CEO.

They discuss why the ha...

We are living the days of an artistic and cultural renaissance. Thanks to Blockchain technology, for the first time in history digital ownership is a possibility. And that changes everything. We can now own keys, create contracts and distribute assets. We are also free to port them over to different environments, which means that we can be digitally sovereign. How does this impact you and why is it important?

Big questions that demand big answers.

On this episode of On The Ledger, we are thrilled to talk to the crypto art curator and the founder & C...

It’s always been part of Ledger’s DNA to encourage internal and external developers to enrich our ecosystem. We made our code open-source, and available to any external developers. Which resulted in third-party developers submitting most of the coin applications and then blockchains that you currently use on your Ledger device. We engaged with the team behind one of the biggest blockchains out there, one that took 2021 by storm thanks to its transaction speed, low fees, energy efficiency and of course, developer activity. We are obviously talking about Solana. After a few weeks, and with a single developer work...

That’s the kind of episode we look forward to weeks in advance. This is the inspiring story of someone who taught himself how to use 3D art software in his free time while working at a restaurant. Since then, he has sold over 2000 NFTs for about 9 million dollars and worked with some of the biggest names in fashion and entertainment, despite (or thanks to) the fact that “s*cks at doing what other people want but does great at doing what he wants”.

Last year he went from creating art to building a community and today...

Moonpay is one of the hottest crypto projects in town. Why? Because historically the process of entering and exiting the web3 world, the so-called on and off ramps, has been crammed with frictions. But not anymore… Moonpay provides a payment infrastructure for crypto that enables you to access the realms of Web3 in a fast, simple and secure way. Or as Jimmy Fallon puts it… the Paypal for Crypto.

And the good news is: Moonpay is available on Ledger Live. What does it mean? How do you manage this tremendous complexity behind apparent simplicity and ease of use...

Historically, brands and media companies have always been shapers and amplifiers of culture. And with every innovation that came about, the cultural landscape and its main acts were bound to change. From the TV to the internet, social media and now Web3 and digital assets, every innovation brings in new possibilities, opens the door for new players and eliminates the slow movers. 

Web3 is only getting started, but we’ve already seen a glimpse of how it’ll impact brands, media and culture in general. So what exactly has changed? How are brands going to be any differ...

On this episode of On The Ledger, we talk with a man on a mission : “to onboard the next billion people onto crypto”. His name ? Beniamin Mincu. His job ? Cofounder and CEO of Elrond. He started with a team “which could literally build rockets”, and worked on creating an “Internet-scale blockchain.”

Along with Fabrice Dautriat, Head of Platform at Ledger, we discuss how to overcome crypto main UX-problems, how to solve frictions related to transaction speed and gas fees, and of course, why it was so important for Ledger users to be able to manage EGLD (Elrond’s token) on th...

Today, On the Ledger will be discussing memories in the form of tokens. If you think about it, the places we go to and experiences we live are a big part of our lives and identities and this is why we love to capture them. We have been collecting memories in the form of tickets, clothings and goodies for decades. But there’s one NFT player that’s changing the game in terms of value, visibility and utility: POAP - for Proof of Attendance Protocol.

Those nice little tokens that everyone’s after - and one can easily...

How do we onboard the next billion users to Web3? That ladies and gentlemen is the BILLION dollar question. But what if we told you that I’ve probably got the answer to that. Would you believe us? There are about 2.5 billion gamers in the world that generate aaaa lot of value, over 137 billion dollars, but that value is only captured by a limited number of companies, you and us, we get nothing but entertainment.  

Digital ownership completely disrupts the traditional Web2 model by allowing users to also become financial participants. We can now own, trade and port...

This is a question that many have asked themselves in 2021, and that many more will try to find the answer to this year - how do you start your NFT collection? Whether you are emotional, like Cabline, famous NFT curator and collector (with more than 3000 pieces on her collection), or analytical, like Jean-Michel Pailhon, Ledger Chief of Staff and compulsive NFT collector: we’ve got you covered.

How to choose your first piece, why the “buying 2, selling 1” strategy, how to manage your collection, how to secure it and to sleep at night? Mo El-Sayed and our two guests...

What is the metaverse? Who are its participants and how is it being built? And what are its challenges? Big questions that demand big answers.

Our guest today is building one of the most impressive and innovative metaverse ecosystems out there. Aaron is the creator of Fluf World and Altered State machine. A couple of projects that were launched a few months ago but are already comfortably surfing on the NFT wave (ask Snoop Dogg).

Together we explored his vision for Flufs, their synergies with ASM brains and where they’re both heading. A...

Laurence Fuller is an actor, a producer, a writer and a poet. It took him less than two sentences to understand how NFTs would change art for good, and he dove head-first into the non-fungible realms with all of his creativity and talent. Laurence is considered to be the first NFT poet. On this new episode of On The Ledger, we explore the world of an artist who’s been pushing the boundaries of crypto art with his poems and captivating collaborations with some of the best visual artists of the Tezos ecosystem. You’ll learn about the connection between web3...